The Dail Divided:

For the motion: 14 (Fergal Browne, Paddy Burke, Ulick Burke, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Mary Henry, Joe McHugh, Joe O'Toole, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross, Brendan Ryan, Sheila Terry)

Against the motion: 27 (Cyprian Brady, Michael Brennan, Margaret Cox, John Dardis, Timmy Dooley, Geraldine Feeney, Liam Fitzgerald, Camillus Glynn, Brendan Kenneally, Tony Kett, Michael Kitt, Terry Leyden, Don Lydon, Marc MacSharry, John Minihan, Paschal Mooney, Tom Morrissey, Pat Moylan, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Mary O'Rourke, Kieran Phelan, Eamon Scanlon, Jim Walsh, Kate Walsh, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)

Tellers: Tá, Senators P. Burke and Cummins; Níl, Senators Minihan and Moylan.